United States aircraft being transported to Indochine during the First Indochina War. USS Windham Bay (CVE-92) at Alameda, California. Sailors load U.S. Navy F8F Bearcat fighters. Crew members work on the aircraft aboard the carrier.
French Cruiser George Leygues arrives in Indochina port and docks alongside the Cruiser Montcalm. French military officers and a local official in traditional Chinese attire, watch the ship's arrival and docking next to her sister ship, the Montcalm.
C-119 Flying Boxcars and Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft, all bearing French markings, take off from a runway in Indochina. Copilot is seen in cockpit of one C-119, with map on a clipboard. (Note, unconfirmed: Copilot appears to be a U.S. military pilot) French paratroops drop from a C-119 over Dien Bien Phu. View from inside a C-119 as pallets of supplies are dropped from the open rear cargo door. Views from inside a B-26 in formation with others. Pilot adjusts throttles. A bomb is dropped. In cabin of a C-119, crew launches a pallet through open rear cargo door. The pallet appears to containin a set of three large bombs. Views of bombs exploding on the ground.
French Douglas A-26 Invader twin engine bombers hit Indochina (Vietnam). An A-26 taxis on an air strip. The bomber takes off. Men work on an aircraft. A pilot sits in the cockpit. 'BC-828' written on one bomber and "BC-831 on another. Aircraft in flight. Bombs are dropped. Explosions on the ground. The aircraft parked on the airstrip.
French Army guards escort Vietnamese prisoners of war in Indochina. Some prisoners are wounded.
French gunner looks out from one of a long line of Douglas A-26 bombers flown by French Air Force in Indochina, as they taxi for takeoff. Very low altitude views from A-26 showing a church and other substantial building. A pilot at the controls in cockpit. Aircraft taxi on an airstrip. 'BC-579' written on an aircraft. An aerial view of the land. One aircraft drops bombs. The bombers in flight. Three bombers in formation flight. Flight of three French fighter aircraft.